triathlon swimming Archives - Mike's Triathlon https://mikestriathlon.com/tag/triathlon-swimming/ A personal journal of endeavor and discovery Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:59:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Triathlon Swimming – Handling big seas in an easterly blow https://mikestriathlon.com/triathlon-swimming-handling-big-seas-in-an-easterly-blow/ Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:06:13 +0000 http://mikestriathlon.com/?p=416 Didn’t even want to go try for a sea swim today because of the rough conditions in strong easterly winds, until Alec Riddle challenged us all through email to put on our “big boy pants” with a promise that the beer would taste better afterward! Couldn’t believe what I saw when I got to the …

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]]> Triathlon Swimming – Are there shark attractant or repellent colours? https://mikestriathlon.com/triathlon-swimming-are-there-shark-attractant-or-repellent-colours/ https://mikestriathlon.com/triathlon-swimming-are-there-shark-attractant-or-repellent-colours/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:09:44 +0000 http://mikestriathlon.com/?p=394 I have often thought that the colour of my Orca wetsuit too closely resembles that of a seal which is after all prime shark food. So I got to wondering if there is any data on shark attractant or repellent colours, and if so, why are wetsuit manufacturers not making them accordingly? It seems too …

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